Student Demographics

Fall 2017 Enrollment Highlights

The credit enrollment for fall 2017 was 6,220 students. On average, students took 9 credits.

The return rate of students who were enrolled in spring 2016 and returned in fall 2016 is 56%.

The percent of full-time students increased to 32.6% (up from 31.9% in fall 2016) while the percent of part-time students dropped to 67.4% (down from 68.1% in fall 2016).

Female students make up 56% of the fall 2016 student body. Both the male and female population remained unchanged as compared to last year.

Dual enrollment (that is, students concurrently enrolled in high school and at FCC) decreased by 3.9% to 765 students as compared with 795 students in fall 2016.

Overall, 2.9% of the student body (182 students) transferred in to FCC in fall 2017 (20 students transferred from 2-year colleges, and 162 transferred from 4-year colleges).

Students of color represent 35.6% of the student body (an increase from 33.6% in fall 2016). The largest share of students of color are African American/Black students (12.7%) followed by Hispanic students (11.7%) and then Asian students (4.8%). White students comprise 64.4% of the student body.

Traditional age students (18-21) comprise 42.8% of fall 2017 enrollment and the average age is 24. This same student population increased by 3.5% from 2,571 students in fall 2016 to 2,662 students in fall 2017)

There were 1,680 self-identified first generation college students at FCC in fall 2017.